6 sentences with 'abundance'
Example sentences and phrases with the word abundance and other words derived from it.
• « Likewise, the abundance of the Nile was carefully managed to produce the highest yields in history, so great that even after numerous taxes were levied, Egyptian wheat was still the cheapest available everywhere from Spain to Mesopotamia (the same was true of papyrus, a royal monopoly used throughout the Hellenistic world). »
• « Despite the abundance of biblical scenes in Renaissance painting, no attempt was made to depict people as they might have appeared at the time. Instead, the paintings projected the world of the popoli grossi (wealthy people) back in time, sometimes even including portraits of actual important Italians. »
• « In other words, claiming that history led inevitably to greater freedom or abundance or happiness had almost always been an excuse for domination and conquest of some kind. »
• « Most office workers have at their disposal an abundance of "free" materials and equipment. When the freelance writer walks into an office and sees all the pens, paper, folders, etc., accessible at no cost to the most insignificant of employees, he feels like a kid in a candy store. The freelance writer must pay for each and every one of these items out of his own pocket. »
• « In the absence of oxygen in the water, anaerobic bacteria emerge, organisms that can live without oxygen. And they are the ones that make the water even more polluted, as they release an abundance of phosphorus as well as methane and ammonia. Lakes or seas become pestilential waters. »
• « Argentina has a mild climate and there is an abundance of edible wild vegetables. In fact, horses, cows and rabbits eat wild grasses. »